MERCENARY TRADER: You don’t use the original trend following system as devised by Richard Dennis and the turtles – why not. NATHAN O: First, let me say that I owe so much to that original system and ...

While technical analysis has a reputation as a controversial investing technique, it is a fact that many of the world's top traders have made fortunes using little else than a disciplined ...

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF closed above the 200-day moving average this week. This is a widely followed indicator, and for good reasons. Making investment decisions based on trend-following can ...

I recently described a simple trend-following trading system that works across most trending markets. Today I am going to revisit that system. Why? Because we have recently had a couple of "buy" ...

In this week's Currency Corner, I want to come back to the US dollar, arguably the most important price in the world. The reason I want to come back to it is that my simple trend-following system has ...

Trend following is a simple and effective concept, it basically means being invested when prices are rising and protecting your capital when prices are falling. This requires no forecasting whatsoever ...

That being said, I did initially and continued to struggle with, the drawdowns and equity swings that are common to trend following systems. Through extensive back testing (manually) and real time ...